Daniel Dickin

Education

Dickin was born and raised in Kitchener, Ontario and moved to Ottawa to pursue his B.A. at Carleton University. Following the completion of his B.A. in law and political science he completed an M.A. in Public Administration at Athabasca University.

Political activism

Dickin joined the Conservative Party of Canada at age 16 and began volunteering in numerous roles upon moving to Ottawa. Being involved at the grassroots level in his community, Dickin eventually became the President of the Ottawa South EDA.

Media commentator

Dickin has written articles for numerous national and local Canadian newspapers, including the National Post, Maclean's, The Hill Times, The Ottawa Citizen, and the Ottawa Sun. Dickin has appeared on CBC Radio, Byline with Brian Lilley, The Source with Ezra Levant and The Arena with Michael Coren.

Dickin is a columnist for The Prince Arthur Herald and Huffington Post Canada, where he writes about current Canadian political and legal issues. Dickin also publishes his articles to his personal website.

Published Books

On April 19, 2014, Dickin announced that he was publishing a book on the legacies of Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne's Liberal governments of Ontario. The book, which was heavily researched and contained hundreds of citiations, is published by Freedom Press Canada and is available direct through the publisher and through Amazon.com. Its release coincided with the 2014 Ontario election, which was largely fought on the Liberals' record over the past 11 years in office.

Military comments

In 2008, Dickin enlisted in the Canadian Forces primary reserve.

On October 19, 2013, Dickin published through his personal website that a veterans' advocacy group was threatening to assault Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other public officials, and commit various acts of mischief, on Remembrance Day in Ottawa. Dickin included a screenshot of the threat made by the group's President, which said even though the group was not officially "condoning protest," a number of members were suggesting they: spit on elected Members of Parliament, boo the Prime Minister when he spoke at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, or egg MP's and the Prime Minister's office. Dickin said the veterans' advocacy group had "lost all credibility" by threatening such actions against public officials.

On October 28, 2013, The Ottawa Citizen claimed that Dickin was a double agent, trying to use his status as both a current soldier and a Conservative volunteer to discredit the veterans' group.

On October 31, 2013, The Ottawa Citizen reported that Dickin had resigned as a Conservative volunteer, pending an internal military review. Dickin told his fellow Conservatives: "Following the investigation, the Canadian Armed Forces may authorize me to participate in certain activities." Dickin said his blog comments were his personal opinion only, and not made as a representative of the Canadian military or the Conservative Party.